LA LUNA SOTT'ACQUA
A fresco with dreamlike atmospheres in Erto, a village devastated by the 1963 Vajont Dam collapse, torn between the desire for rebirth and the need to preserve the memory of a painful past.
Filmed over 10 years in the village of Erto on the Italian Alps, which survived the tragedy defined by the United Nations as "The biggest man-made disaster in time of peace". The Vajont Dam was the tallest in the world in 1963 and during the initial filling of the lake, a landslide caused a tsunami of water to overflow the dam in a wave of 250 metres that killed 2000 people. The dam itself remained almost completely intact. Erto was declared uninhabitable by the authorities, with two thousand inhabitants kicked out. Of these, one hundred returned, illegally occupying their homes, resisting, existing as a village. That was 1963. Today Erto still exists. Over the past 10 years, the director has followed the residents fighting to not be forgotten, including a disagreement on a controversial plan to instal a light-based art installation on the dam wall. This is a dreamlike documentary with the magnificent Dolomites as the lead character and the strength and pride of the Erto residents in strong support. (Subtitles)
Italy 2023 Alessandro Negrini 99m
